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Originally Posted by craig1120
Here are the first examples that come to mind about truth being hidden:
That quote is about value and cost, not hidden knowledge.
I will (quite easily) grant that most Christians don't understand (or be capable of paying) that cost.. Loving your neighbor is pretty hard. Living to serve others is even harder.
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Based on your individualism spiel, I take it that you don’t believe that we have a soul with inherent, universal truths of identity. You are incorrect about that.
Identity is, by definition, something that is entirely of itself. Try to be more clear in your wording, please. If you mean that there are commonalities, then say that there are commonalities. If you are trying to say that there is interconnectedness, then the correct word is, unsurprisingly, "interconnectedness."
My identity is "Brian." Yours is "Craig.". There are three letters in common, but you cannot be said to have the same identity as Brian.
Since you asked, I am (sort of, kind of) Buddhist. I was once Christian. I do not believe in an unchanging inherent permanent soul at all. When I was less wise, I believed that there was.
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I would never tell anyone to disobey anything Jesus taught. If someone can’t reconcile what I say with what Jesus taught, then so be it.
That wasn't what I asked. Please answer the question.
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Still, anyone who listens to me and walks the path that I’ve walked will eventually see that they were wrong about, well, everything. Just like I was. We cannot know what is hidden from us.
No one can walk the path you walk. Again, you didn't answer my question.